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Specification of Letters Patent. Pmtmgqi Aug 229 )19220 applicationtiled February l, 1922. -Serial No. 533,%4.

To all lwhom 'it may concern.' Be it known that l, NAT WIESENBERG, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident- Aand improved implementfor cutting the nails and is provided with a nail file and nail cleanerfor the purpose of performing operations on the nails, and has for itsobject to provide an extremely handy device. lhe tool being simple anddurable in construction and adapted to told in a comparatively smallspace for pocket use. rlChe invention consists of novel eatures andparts and combinations of the same as will be fully describedhereinafter andthen pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of the specication in which similarcharacters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.,

Figure l is al perspective view of iinprovement being operated, levermanipulated so that a finger nail inserted between cutting edges is cuteilt Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same in a folded position.

lFigure 3 is a plan view of the same.

The implement comprises two similar resilient members, A and B. rlhesemembers have linger nail cutters, l and d, at one end and are secured ormaintained at their other ends in superposed liged relations by anysuitable means, as a rivet lil. t some considerable distance from therivet, ll, the members, A and B,-diverge from a line, L, to a positionnear the cutters which' are oppositely disposed to extend toward eachother. Eacho the `members are provided .adjacent the cutters withvaligned circular apertures, which are adapted to receive `a bolt, F,which/has a head at one end adapted to engage swivelly the outer surfaceoil' one member while the other end is aper- :tured to receive a pivotpin, G. 'lhe bolt is reduced or atjtened on opposite sides to produceplane surfaces which are vadapted to engage the adjacent parallelsurfaces of the lever on opposite sides ont the recess. The lever C isapertured transversely of the recess to secure the lever pivotally tothe bolt F by means of the pin Gr.

The surface opposite the cams or'l the leI ver@ is roughened to producea naille D, while the tree end of the lever terminates 1n a linger nailcleaner E. The' bolt F has a guard portion M, which extends upwardlybeyond the end of the lever and a ort1on of the cams when the device isto ded so that the material, forming the garment or outer pocket, maynot be drawn so sharply over the corners of the lever and the edges ofthe cams K, thereby preventing needless wear of the container or pocketin which the implement is carried.

The device is normally maintained in the condition shown in Fig. 2. Touse the nail le D, or cleaner E, the lever C is moved sidewlise toswivel the 4bolt F and thereby bring the die D into a planesubstantially' parallel with the member ment with said memben To bringthe cutters l and @l into opera,- tion the lever is moved 'to rotate thebolt and then moved about the pivot G to bring the cam elements l intocontact with the members A and then by a downward movement of the leverthe members A and B are i'orced toward each other against the resilienceof said members.,v while the appreaching cutters most effectively severa A, or 1n alignlinger nail which is placed in position be-v tween thecutters.

ear-enr @wing to the extended bearing or concontact between theflattened' surfaces of the bolt and the side walls of the recess whilerelieving to some extent the. strain upon thepin G, is to prevent undueswear of 'the co-Operating parts and consequently,

maintains the parts in the required relation,

even after a most extended use of the device.

Equivalent variations may be resorted to within the scope of the subjectmatter claimed.

What l claim is:

A' nail cutter comprising two similar resilient members superimposed andunited iixedly at one end 5 minor portions of said memberslying incontact with'each other; major portions of said members being di-v lll@Q meme@ vergently arrfmge and having oppositely length and thickness toserve es it guard disposed cutters on their free ends extendfor thecorners and cam elements on the biing toward each other; each of saidmemfurcated end of said lever. bers being apertured adjacent their freeIn testimony whereof I have hereunto set 5 ends, a swivel ot in lseidaperture ;tt1he ilpmy hand in the presence of two witnesses. 15

)er end of sai ot :wing opposi e y `s T x -l v iposed Het surfaces. andbeing transversely RAE WESENBERG' A epertured whereby it may bepivotally se- Witnesses: cured in the bifurcated end of an operatingEMZABETH G.4 BIGHAM,

110 cam lever. The bolt being of sufficient MARY (l. WHEATLEY;

